1. (n.

) Any small projection or article in which there is an orifice for discharging a fluid, or for other purposes;
as, the nipple of a nursing bottle; the nipple of a percussion lock, or that part on which the cap is put and
through which the fire passes to the charge.

2. (n.) A pipe fitting, consisting of a short piece of pipe, usually provided with a screw thread at each end, for
connecting two other fittings.

3. (n.) The orifice at which any animal liquid, as the oil from an oil bag, is discharged.

4. (n.) The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the breast or mamma; the mammilla; a teat; a pap.

5. (n.) The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the breast or mamma; the mammilla; a teat; a pap.

6. (n.) Any small projection or article in which there is an orifice for discharging a fluid, or for other purposes;
as, the nipple of a nursing bottle; the nipple of a percussion lock, or that part on which the cap is put and
through which the fire passes to the charge.

7. (n.) The orifice at which any animal liquid, as the oil from an oil bag, is discharged.

8. (n.) A pipe fitting, consisting of a short piece of pipe, usually provided with a screw thread at each end, for
connecting two other fittings.

A short stub of pipe, usually threaded steel, brass, chlorinated polyvinyl chloride
(CPVC) or copper; occasionally just bare copper. A nipple is defined as being a short
stub of pipe which has external male pipe threads at each end, for connecting two
other fittings. Nipples are commonly used for plumbing and hoses, and second as
valves for funnels and pipes.[clarification needed]

pipe nipple is a protective sleeve that includes a sheath that is closed at a forward
end and connects to a collar at an open rear end. On the other hand a Pipe reducer
joins two pipes of different diameter. That is both pipe nipples and pipe reducers are
not same.